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Tried to venture out to the Mud today, but couldn't make it up there. Ended up at Skyline instead. Bob, let me know when you think I could get the Fukus up there, and we'll see what we can do about tractor chains. Though by the time I can get my car up there, I would figure the chains would be a non-issue.

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Supposed to be over three inches of rain tomorrow. That might melt off the driveways. Flooding will then be the issue. Once I can get out of here, Astoria may be out of reach anyway. Sure could use a town trip.

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Have been working days on snow removal but we're all still snowed in. The NFH (neighbor from hell) cleared her other drive but spun shit out of our new gravel job with her 4X4 Dodge crew-cab. The snow at the bottom steep part is still too high in the center and I'm still not sure I could get the tractor back up if I went down. It snowed about another inch today.

There is a starving doe in my woodshed this evening. She got up when I went out for the day's wood but I started petting her head and talking to her and she lay back down. I don't know why the deer won't eat the hay I put out for them. I gave her a bowl of wheat berries, flax seed, oats, bird seed, and some carrots. She showed no interest in them. Her backbone and ribs are really sticking out. Times are tough for the deer and elk. All the deer are looking pretty bad. We really need a proper thaw.

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One of the doe's fawns joined it last night in the woodshed. Both were dead this morning. I think her other fawn was just under the storeroom. I tried to give it some asparagus stalks but it ran off when I tossed them under there. The elk are out looking for food in the daytime now.

I finally got the driveway open enough for a chained up car to make it.

Gimme that old global warming.

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These are today's and tomorrow's rainfall maps. They will update for a new today and tomorrow each day, but for now, it's what Tuesday and Wednesday are supposed to drip on us. My concern is that while "Above 3.00" is as high as they go, for Wednesday, I'm in the center of the hugest area of that that I can remember seeing. Still lots of snow in the highlands and the temperature is considerably up.

Looks like 'perfect storm' kind'a shit.

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.PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN COMBINATION WITH RISING SNOW LEVELS WILL
RENEW THE THREAT OF FLOODING ACROSS RIVERS IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
AND NORTHWEST OREGON THIS WEEK. THE RAIN WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...
THEN CONTINUE AT TIMES INTO THURSDAY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH THURSDAY COULD REACH 5 TO 10 INCHES IN THE CASCADES AND
OVER THE COASTAL MOUNTAINS...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES AT THE COAST...AND
1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE THE
HEAVIEST AND MOST PROLONGED RAINFALL WILL BE IN SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON...ALONG THE NORTH OREGON COAST AND COAST RANGE...IN
THE FAR NORTH OREGON CASCADES...AND THE INTERIOR VALLEYS FROM
AROUND PORTLAND NORTH. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE RISING TO AROUND 8000
FEET TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FINALLY FALLING TO NEAR PASS
ELEVATIONS IN THE CASCADES AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY.

* A PERIOD OF PROLONGED RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH RISING SNOW
LEVELS IS EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
THURSDAY AS WAVES OF MOISTURE RIDE INTO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWEST OREGON. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THURSDAY WILL
BRING THE END TO THE PERIOD OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON...ALONG
THE COAST FROM ABOUT TILLAMOOK NORTH...AND INLAND FROM AROUND
THE PORTLAND AREA NORTH. SNOW MELT AND HIGH RIVER FLOWS LEFT
OVER FROM THE NEW YEARS DAY FLOOD WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING
POTENTIAL...AND EVEN A FEW RIVERS SOUTH OF PORTLAND COULD BE AT
RISK.

* RIVERS OF MOST CONCERN FOR FLOODING INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
COASTAL RIVERS...THE NEHALEM...WILLAPA...NASELLE...WILSON...
TRASK...GRAYS...NESTUCCA AND SILETZ. INLAND RIVERS INCLUDE...
THE COWLITZ...LEWIS...JOHNSON CREEK...MARYS...LUCKIAMUTE...
SOUTH YAMHILL...CLACKAMAS...MOLALLA...TUALATIN...PUDDING ...
SANDY...SANTIAM...AND THE HOOD RIVER. THE MAINSTEM WILLAMETTE
IS EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES...AND MAY APPROACH FLOOD
STAGE IN SOME LOCATIONS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.

LANDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS FLOOD EVENT.
PEOPLE...STRUCTURES AND ROADS LOCATED BELOW STEEP SLOPES...IN
CANYONS AND NEAR THE MOUTHS OF CANYONS MAY BE AT SERIOUS RISK
FROM RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

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Well, today has not produced the numbers yet. The kinds of amounts they're talking about probably means we're cut off by high water and washouts. I posted that stuff more with the region in mind. The ten day forecast shows some light at the end of the tunnel. I'm ready for a break from weather hassles.

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